News Releases

Students Research Medicinal Plants in Amazon Rainforest
An Alma College professor recently led a team of students into the Amazon Rainforest to collect and research medicinal plants.

Alma College Joins Common Application Consortium
Beginning Aug. 1, rising high school seniors across the nation can apply to Alma College via the Common Application.

ASPIRE Generates Enthusiasm for Science
The passion that Alma junior Amanda Gatlin has for scientific research is apparent within minutes of talking to her.

Students Explore Remnants of Incan Architecture in Peru
An Alma College class recently traveled to Peru to study the ties between the country’s populations and their Incan ancestors.

 

More than one-third of all Alma students take part in at least one performance each year. The College offers majors in theatre, dance and music, but students of all majors may join in productions. The Remick Heritage Center for the Performing Arts is the region’s premier performing arts facility.

 

Graduate Profile

Katie Wibby

Katie Wibby
Graduation: 2001
Major: Chemistry

Everybody loves a good explosion, and Katie Wibby ’01 graduated from Alma College with quite the bang.

“Having a chemistry degree was important because it made sure that I fully understood the chemistry that I would be teaching,” she says. “My upper-level classes helped me to understand the theory behind the elementary chemistry concepts.”